Railroad-tie



E. A; PRIEST.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.5,19I9.

1 41,587. Patented May 25, 1920.

25 flit/(Orion 6 fizz Eli, Przesif i 0 25 UNITED STATEfi EDWARD A. PRIEST, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

RAILROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1920.

Application filed August 5, 1919. Serial No. 315,455.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD A. Pmnsr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in railway ties having novel means for resiliently supporting rails.

An important object of this invention is to provide a railway tie constructed principally of metal having rail supporting blocks of wood or similar material adapted to afford the desired degree of resiliency to the tie.

A further object of the invention is to provide a railway tie having cushion supporting blocks for the rails adapted to be readily applied to or removed from the rail tie.

A further object of the invention is to provide a rail tie having novel means for detachably retaining the resilient rail supporting blocks in position.

A further object of the invention is to provide a metallic railway tie which is durable, of highly simplified construction and cheap to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawing forming a I part of this application and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a metallic railway tie embodying my invention, a pair of rails being shown applied to the tie and in section,

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same,

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the same,

Fig. dis a vertical transverse section taken on line 1-4 of Fig. 1, and,

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken on lin 5-5 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 10 designates the body of my improved metallic ion 16.

railway tie which. is cast in block and is provided with a central wall 11 reinforced on opposite sides by vertical and inclined ribs'12 and 13 respectively. The end portions 14 of the rail are provided with dovetail openings 15 extending out through the ends and top of the same. Rail supporting blocks 16 provided with inclined side walls 17 are adapted to be removably inserted within the dove-tail openings 16 and illustrated in Fig. a have their upper end portions disposed above the body of the rail.

The ends of the tie are provided with extensions 18 having transverse recesses in their upper sides. One vertical wall of the recess 19 is disposed in the vertical plane of the outer portion of thecushion blocks 16 and the outer end of the tie. A locking plate 20 is adapted to be arranged over and engaged with the outer ends of the cushion blocks 16 and the ends of the rail tie. The inner side of the locking plate 20 is provided at its lower edge with a tongue 21 extending into the groove 19. A U-shaped clamp 22 is adapted to have its bight portion extended over and engaged with the outer inclined surface 23 of the plate 20, for locking the same in contact with the cush- A bolt 24 is extended entirely through the tie and pivotally supports the free end portions of the arms of the U- shaped clamping member of each end of the tie. Longitudinally curved lockin clips 25 are pivotally carried by the enrs of the screw bolts 26 extending into the ends of the tie on opposite sides of the cushion blocks and are adapted to engage these U-shaped clamping members and retain the same in locked or clamped engagement with the plate 20 as illustrated in Fig. 1. In order to disengage the U-shaped clamps 22 from the plates 20 the bolts 26 are first removed from the fastenings 25 and these fastenings disengaged from the Ushaped clamps 22. The U-shaped clamps 22 may now be swung upwardly and away from the plates 20.

As illustrated in Fig. 4:, the bottom walls of the recesses 15 are provided with openings 27 adapted to receive a suitable anchor ing element for securing the tie in position.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of my invention, it is understood that I may make such minor changes in arrangement and construction of parts as will remain within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claimsh Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A rail 'tie including a base having dove-tail openings extending out through its ends and top, cushion blocks detachablyarranged' in said openings and extend ing above the base, said blocks having their outer end portions flush with the ends of the base, locking plates abutting the ends of said cushion blocks and the ends of the tie, ti-shaped clamps pivoted to opposite sides of the base and extending over the looking plates, and means to' retain said tact with the outer faces ofthe locking plates, pivot elements extending entirely through. the base andsupporting the arms of the U-shaped clamps, and means to re- 4 tain said U-shaped clamps in position;

3. A rail tie including a base having openings extending out through its ends and top, cushion blocksdetachablyarranged in said openings and having their outer ends flush with the ends of the base, U-shaped clamps having arms arranged 011 opposite sides of the base and bight por tions engaging the outer faces of said plates, pivot elements extending entirely through the base and supporting the arms of said U-shaped clamps, and clips secured to the ends of the base on opposite sides of the cushion blocks and adapted to engage the U-shaped clamps retaining the same in position.

4t. In a railway tie,'a body provided with a recess which opens upon one face thereof and upon one end thereof, a block insertible in the recess from the opening end, a plate closing the open end and retaining the block against moving in one direction, and a U-shaped fastening having its legs pivoted upon opposite faces of the body and engageable with the plate to retain the same against movement.

5. In a railwaytie, a body provided with a recess which opens upon one-end thereof, a block insertible in the recess from the open end thereof, a block abutting the open end of the body to prevent the first mentioned block from moving in one direction, and a clamping member mounted on the body and adapted to engage :the last mentioned block to retain the same in abutting relation to the body.

6. In a railway tie, abody provided with a recess which opens upon one end of the body, a block insertible in the recess from the open end, a block abutting the open end of the body to retain the first-mentioned block within the recess, the latter block and the body being provided with interlocking tongues, and means for clamping the last mentioned block against the body.

7 In a railway tie, a body provided with a recess open at one end of the body, a block insertible in the recess from the open. end thereof, an extension extending laterally from the body at the open end, a block abutting the open end of thebody to retain the first mentioned block within the recess, the extension being provided with a recess in its upper face, :a tongue formed on the last mentioned block and adapted to be received in the latter recess, and a clamp for retaining the last mentioned block against the body. In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDl/VARD A. PRIEST. I

Witnesses:

JAMES V. SNYDER, ETHEL M. FELL. 

